Matt Griswold, 20C/United IX Greg Hankins, Alcatel-Lucent IX (PTT) - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Matt Griswold, 20C/United IX Greg Hankins, Alcatel-Lucent IX (PTT) Fórum 9 - São Paulo, Brazil

IX (PTT) Fórum 9 2015/12/08

Agenda

 PeeringDB Introduction  Organization Update  PDB 1.0 vs. PDB 2.0  Automation Examples

PeeringDB Overview

 PeeringDB is the de facto reference database for peering information on the Internet  Contains location information and contacts for

• Networks
• Exchange points
• Facilities

 A PeeringDB entry for your network makes it easy for people to find you, and helps you establish peering  Required for peering with certain networks, for example

• Apple
• Facebook
• Microsoft

Statistics

 Several new registrations from Brazil each

week!

Networks 8,293 Exchange Points 617 Facilities 1,863 Exchange Point Presences 25,508 Facility Presences 14,444

Network Example

Exchange Point Example

Access to PeeringDB

 PDB 1.0 is available at

www.peeringdb.com

• Current production version

 PDB 2.0 is in beta at beta.peeringdb.com

• New version with many new features

Registration

 If you aren’t registered in PeeringDB, you can register at

www.peeringdb.com/registration/register.php

 We use basic verification for new accounts and require

current whois information

• Please update your whois information
• Please register from a company email address

 Many new registrations from Brazil have mismatched

information

• Email address != company email address
• Email address != whois email address
• Company name != whois company name

Mailing Lists and Contacts

 PeeringDB Announce: lists.peeringdb.com/cgi-

bin/mailman/listinfo/pdb-announce

 PeeringDB Governance: lists.peeringdb.com/cgi-

bin/mailman/listinfo/pdb-gov

 PeeringDB Technical: lists.peeringdb.com/cgi-

bin/mailman/listinfo/pdb-tech

 PeeringDB User Discuss: lists.peeringdb.com/cgi-

bin/mailman/listinfo/user-discuss

 Support questions: support@peeringdb.com  Administrative questions: admin@peeringdb.com  Sponsorship info: sponsorship@peeringdb.com

Agenda

 PeeringDB Introduction  Organization Update  PDB 1.0 vs. PDB 2.0  Automation Examples

Organization

 Until now, PeeringDB has been run by an informal

group of admins using donated infrastructure

 PeeringDB needs funds for

• Operations
• Software development
• Feature requests and enhancements

 Many organizations have offered donations to support

PeeringDB

 Unable to handle finances or contracts

Elections

 Voting for the PeeringDB initial Board of Directors just finished on

November 30th, 2015

 Initial Board of Directors

• Patrick W. Gilmore (Markley Group) - Vice President
• Matt Griswold (20C)
• Aaron Hughes (6connect) - President
• Arnold Nipper (DE-CIX)
• Job Snijders (NTT)

 First board meeting takes place today  Forming United States 501(c)(6) nonprofit corporation  All governance info is available at gov.peeringdb.com

Agenda

 PeeringDB Introduction  Organization Update  PDB 1.0 vs. PDB 2.0  Automation Examples

PDB 1.0

 Old, auto-generated code, unmaintainable  Schema issues

• One network per user, requires multiple registrations
• No data validation, lots of typos

 MySQL is the only "API"

• Insecure, doesn't scale

 Exposes contact information to potential

spammers

PDB 2.0

 New, clean, shiny Python  Completely redesigned schema  RESTful API  All data is cleaned and validated  Contact info has permissions

• Guest login won’t see contact details

PDB 2.0

 Everything is permissioned and editable

• Data centers and IXPs can update their own info
• Multiple networks can be associated with one login
• Manage users and permissions

 Documented APIs at docs.peeringdb.com/api_specs  Many new features planned after release  Beta version is live now at beta.peeringdb.com

Agenda

 PeeringDB Introduction  Organization Update  PDB 1.0 vs. PDB 2.0  Automation Examples

API Specs

 All operations are supported

• Read
• Write
• Create

 Each data type has an associated tag

• net
• org
• ix

API Specs

 To list all networks:

curl -X GET

https://<username>:<password>@beta. peeringdb.com/api/net

 To view a specific network:

curl -X GET

https://<username>:<password>@beta. peeringdb.com/api/net/20

Python Library

 Python seems to be the go-to language for

network people

 Very early in life cycle

• Expect more tests and features in the near future

 More languages and libraries will show up

• PHP will probably be next

 Available at github.com/peeringdb/peeringdb-py

Python Library

 Advantages

• Local (not dependent on servers being up, etc.)
• Custom indexes can be built
• Custom fields can be added
• Database engine can be chosen (MySQL, Postgres,

SQLite)

 To install:

pip install peeringdb

Python Library

 T

• configure a local database:

peeringdb configure

 T

• keep in sync after configuration:

peeringdb sync

Python Library

 T

• output

YAML:

peeringdb get net20

 T

• output JSON:

peeringdb get -O json net20

Django PeeringDB

 PeeringDB models and local synchronization

for Django

 Available at github.com/peeringdb/django-

peeringdb

 Easy to integrate in a common web

framework

 Multiple database options  Used by peeringdb-py to sync data

United IX Example

 Customer signs up  Backend system queries PeeringDB  Auto populates IXP Manager data

• NOC info
• Max prefix
• Very easy to generate peering router

configuratoin

Companies Using PDB 2.0

 Apple

• Couchbase database sync
• Not available to the public

 Netflix

• Redis database sync
• Available at github.com/netflix/peeringdb-py

Questions?